Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 00:57:20 09/06/99
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On September 06, 1999 at 00:07:08, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 05, 1999 at 23:48:31, Paulo Soares wrote: > >>On September 05, 1999 at 12:49:02, Peter Hegger wrote: >> >>>On September 05, 1999 at 04:38:57, Paulo Soares wrote: >>> >>>(Snip) >>>> >>>Independent the problem happened with Rebel, I think GM >>>>Hoffman had the merit of choosing an opening that the programs >>>>have difficulty to play. >>>> >>>>Paulo >>> >>>I watched the game at ICC yesterday and the general consensus among the >>>spectators was that playing a Benko was an *awfully* risky undertaking against a >>>computer. I have to agree. A healthy Rebel 10-5 that wasn't playing lemons like >>>Ra2 (forget which move) or the terrible Rg4, just to name a couple, wouldn't >>>have lost the extra p quite so quickly IMHO. >>>Full credit to Hoffman though. He pounced on Rebel's errors swiftly and >>>accurately. >>>I hope to see them paired up again sometime. >>>Regards >>>Peter >> >>The Benko Gambit is usually played for draw by blacks, and great part of the >>resulting positions of this defense are difficult for programs evaluation. >>Hiarcs7.32 also plays 19.Ra2. >>My point in this subject is: coulded any program draw with a GM in the line >>that was played? My opinion it is that any program would lose this game for >>a GM, unless there was an arduous preparation in the program's book. >>Paulo > >I think Rebel could well have won this game... I saw evals of around +1 for >several moves, but then fishy things started to happen. I don't think white >was in danger of losing this at all, until hardware problems produced bogus >moves. White might not have been able to win, maybe, but it was certainly >not going to lose (I don't think) assuming it didn't make some gross mistake >later on... > >The GM made his share of mistakes too... It's just a game spoiled by hardware/software problems. Best thing is to move on and hope we'll see another game soon. bruce
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